security & fraud

FTC Lawsuit Prompts Shutdown of Alleged ‘Online Business Opportunity Scam’
FTC Lawsuit Prompts Shutdown of Alleged ‘Online Business Opportunity Scam’
October 28, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit that alleges an “online business opportunity scam” led a federal court to temporarily shut down the operations of Lunar...

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Santander and HSBC Join Government Warnings on QR Code-Based Cyberattacks
Santander and HSBC Join Government Warnings on QR Code-Based Cyberattacks
October 27, 2024  |  Cybersecurity

First came phishing. Now, consumers and cyberdefenders need to guard against “quishing.” As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Oct. 27), banks and regulators are...

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Ingo Payments and Sardine Team to Combat ‘Gone in Five Minutes’ Account Opening Fraud
Ingo Payments and Sardine Team to Combat ‘Gone in Five Minutes’ Account Opening Fraud
October 23, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Fear can be a powerful motivator, especially where payments fraud is concerned. While financial institutions have a healthy fear of high-profile fraud vectors like business...

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US Treasury: AI Helped Recover and Prevent $4 Billion-Plus in Fraud
US Treasury: AI Helped Recover and Prevent $4 Billion-Plus in Fraud
October 17, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

The U.S. Treasury Department said artificial intelligence (AI) has helped fuel a fraud/improper payments recovery. The department announced Thursday that its “technology and data-driven” approach...

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Citibank Urges Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Prevent Fraud
Citibank Urges Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Prevent Fraud
October 08, 2024  |  Legal

Citibank lawyers urged a judge Tuesday (Oct. 8) to throw out a suit filed in January by New York Attorney General Letitia James that accuses...

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Homeland Security Blocked 500-Plus Ransomware Attacks Since 2021
Homeland Security Blocked 500-Plus Ransomware Attacks Since 2021
October 06, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

U.S. cybersecurity agents have stopped more than 500 ransomware attacks since 2021. That’s according to a report Friday (Oct. 4) by Bloomberg News, citing comments...

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Scammers Duped Apple Into Replacing $2.5 Million Worth of iPhones 
Scammers Duped Apple Into Replacing $2.5 Million Worth of iPhones 
October 06, 2024  |  Apple

Two Chinese nationals have been jailed for tricking Apple into replacing counterfeit iPhones with authentic ones. Haotian Sun and Pengfei Xue, both Chinese citizens living...

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Report: Hackers Seized McDonald’s Instagram Account for ‘Rug Pull’ Scam
Report: Hackers Seized McDonald’s Instagram Account for ‘Rug Pull’ Scam
August 21, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

McDonald’s reportedly suffered a hack of its Instagram account Wednesday (Aug. 21), with the hackers claiming they used the fast-food giant’s account to promote a...

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Social Security Number Hack May Produce New Fraud Vector
Social Security Number Hack May Produce New Fraud Vector
August 18, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Earlier this year, hackers stole the data of 2.9 billion people from a broker. Now, that breach threatens to usher in a wave of identity...

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